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Please, never pick or attempt to transplant 
Orchids (or any other) wild plant. 
Click to purchase plants from legitimate plant nurseries.
Many Orchids are endangered:
Orchid habitat is very specialized,
Orchid pollination is very specialized,
Orchid germination is very specialized.
Admire them in the wild and let them live.

See also Corallorhiza maculataCalypso bulbosa, Cypripedium calceolus, White Orchids, and Green Orchids.

 

Epipactis gigantea (Giant Helleborine)
Orchidaceae (Orchid Family)

Location information withheld to protect the Orchids.

Colors in the flowers of Epipactus gigantea range from purple to rose to burnt orange to yellow and green.  There can be several stems and a dozen or more flowers on robust plants.  The plants can only survive in special environments with special soil and water requirements.  Plant nurseries often can obtain this Orchid for you and it is relatively easy to care for.  But, of course:

Please, never pick or attempt to transplant 
this (or any other) wild plant. 
Purchase plants from legitimate plant nurseries.

The genus name is from the Greek "epipaktis", the ancient Greek name for Hellebore.

Epipactis gigantea (Giant Helleborine)
Orchidaceae (Orchid Family)
Epipactis gigantea (Giant Helleborine)
Orchidaceae (Orchid Family)